ROGERS — Denise Thomas, director of Africa and Middle East trade at World Trade Center Arkansas, joined forces last month with World Trade Center Dublin for an empowering fireside chat with female leaders at World Trade Center Association locations from […]

ROGERS — Arkansas exports performed comparably to the US National Average during the 2020 Pandemic thanks in part to its diverse economy, according to Melvin Torres, director of Western Hemisphere trade at the World Trade Center Arkansas. Speaking Tuesday, March […]

ROGERS — Two of the World Trade Center Arkansas’ export partners are finalists for the 33rd annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. Rock Town Distillery in Little Rock and CAT Squared in Conway are nominated in Category I and […]

ROGERS — As 2020 wound down, Melvin Torres kept up a busy schedule of virtual events that were designed to grow Arkansas exports and weather the economic challenges presented by COVID-19. Torres, the World Trade Center Arkansas’ director of Western […]

ROGERS — Four Arkansas companies were highlighted in the November issue of IBNewsmag, which provides breaking and in-depth news on international business for American small-business owners. Frederick Baehner, publisher of IBNewsmag, has issued the magazine bi-monthly for the last 16 […]

ROGERS — Trish Watkins, the director of grants, finances and human resources at the World Trade Center Arkansas, was honored recently for 35 years of service with the University of Arkansas. Watkins, who began her tenure with the U of […]

ROGERS — The World Trade Center Arkansas proudly joined the U.S. Small Business Administration as it celebrated 10 years of the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) grant, which has been instrumental in helping Arkansas small businesses find global success. Celebrations […]

ROGERS — The World Trade Center Arkansas received over $120,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration on Monday, Sept. 28, to help Arkansas small businesses enter the global market. The $124,722 awarded to the Center was part of $19 million […]

ROGERS — The World Trade Center Arkansas is excited to announce three upcoming virtual trade shows and missions that will provide companies in the Natural State with business-to-business meetings and matchmaking opportunities with U.S. and foreign buyers – including eight […]

Editor’s Note: The following commentary by Melvin Torres, the director of Western Hemisphere Trade for the university-based World Trade Center Arkansas, was originally published by the National Association of District Export Councils and Arkansas Money & Politics. It has been a […]

ROGERS — Boon Tan, senior director of global trade strategy at World Trade Center Arkansas, was one of two new members elected Friday, July 24, to the board of directors for the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB). Tan, who […]

FAYETTEVILLE — Matthew A. Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, will be honored with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ 2020 Distinguished Service Award, the most prestigious in the industry. […]